Brittany Man:

That Model 725 in .280 your wife uses is a fairly uncommon rifle. My recollection is that Remington only manufactured about 4000 in that chambering, a fairly small number for a factory production gun. I own one which I use as a deer rifle.

The Model 725 might have been the nicest finished Remington production rifle they ever made. The checkering quality and fit and finish on mine are light years ahead of any Model 700 I've ever seen.

FWIW (not much, I know).

Rem